The Sun. — London, England, 1838-02-13 00:00:00

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Saunders, Jun. 7, Dyer's Buildings, Holborn Bars. Polio Proofs of the Plates sold at 3s. each, by all Printsellers. The publication of Tsts SUN NICWSPAPER eommenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. WITH WHICH " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1533. In resuming our observations on the Ballot, not directing them to the utility of that measure, but solely to the conduct which Ministers ought to adopt in re gard to it, we must consider them as the heads of a great party. In that character only do they stand be fore the public, and in that character only are they kept in office. What their private opinions may be, is of no consequence ; as Ministers, they are the creatures of a " system of opinions"—the servants of a great party in the State—and with that they must stand or fall. We may indeed remark, modern events have so completely baffled all previous political specu lations, and have set so completely at nought the wis dom of the wisest statesmen, that no man is now entitled to insist with great pertinacity, whatever may be his knowledge and his acquirements, on his own political opinions, as the one saving and true political faith. Holding all his political theories, there fore, at single anchor, as has been said, to denote a rea diness to slip them, he must, when he comes to act, 1 side with a party, cr he cannot in politics act at all. For one man to insist OA making his own peculiar opinions the rule for other men, is the Tory, or despotic principle of government, which has been continually set aside in the progress of society, and was completely trampled under foot at the period of passing the Reform Act. The very prin ciple of a representative government then confirmed, 1 if not established here, is that it shall be conducted in deference to the opinion of the majority, and not in deference to the opinion of one or a few persons, how ever illustrious by birth or acquirements, who constitute a small minority. Not only is it no disgrace in the Ministers, it i s th e i r d uty, as the chosen heads of a representative government, to defer to the opinions of the majority, rather than to act on their own opinions wherever a difference or conflict of opinion exists. But to what majority are the Whig Ministers to defer ? To the majority of their own friends and adherents, or to the majority of their opponents Clearly to the former ; to defer to the latter would b 2 at once to give up the leadership of their own army of friends and become subalterns or mere camp-followers of that of their opponents. If, therefore, the majority of their usual supporters in Parliament, as now elected, and the present majority of their supporters throughout the country, the bulk of the doctors, are favourable to the Ballot—if they insist on it as the only means of protecting them in the exercise of the franchise which the Legislature gives them, it is the duty of the Ministers to sacrifice their own opinions on the sub ject, and act on those of the great majority of their party. Such a doctrine is embraced by both sides. The followers of Sir ROBERT are not less obedient to his signals, than are the followers of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Each individual of both parties is conti nually required to fight in the ranks, and to refrain from all isolated skirmishing; to submit to a rigid dis cipline and to give up all his own crotchets, in order to secure the success of his party. Within the last few years, nothing has been more continually and more ju diciously pressed on the Radicals who support the Ministers, than the necessity of foregoing their own particular views, in order to hold the party of Refor mers together, and keep out the Tories. And well, we must say, generally speaking, have the Radi cal Members of the House of Commons, listened to the judicious counsel. Now, on the principle on which they have been called on to act, which has obviously been so serviceable to the patty, do we call on the Ministers to sacrifice their own par ticular dislike to the Ballot—if they have such dis like, and act with the majority of their friends. If, as we believe, the bulk of their supporters in Parlia ment, and out of Parliament, are resolved to have the Ballot, we do not see how they can set themselves in opposition to it, without denying the representative principle—without breaking up their party, abdicating the leadership, and becoming private individuals. When we remember Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S decla ration at the commencement of the Session, we are in duced to hope that he will not take a decided part against Mr. GROTE'S motion. Lord J. RUSSELL'S declara tion was directed against the Ballot, as connected with Short Parliaments and Universal Suffrage. Now, it happens that the warmest supporters of the Ballot, the great body of the present electors, are opposed to Uni versal Suffrage, and, by conceding the Ballot, Lord JOHN RUSSELL would, in fact, strengthen the ram part against the extension of the Suffrage by their aid; while, if not conceded, they will demand the extension of the Suffrage as the next best cure of the intolerable evils they now suffer. Consistently, then, with his own principles, and his own desire to ward off further organic changes, Lord JOHN R USSELL ought not to oppose Mr. GROTE'S motion. We know, also, from his speech at Stroud, that he is aware of the evils un der which the electors now labour, and if he cannot devise a better remedy for them, he is bound to try the Ballot. Shortening the duration of 1 eet l oltv- , V) t ata ; Parliament, which is the other part of the system of changes from which Lord JOHN RUSSELL is averse, would seem likely to have few or no evils con nected with it, were the Ballot granted. Then we may suppose that the Members, being elected from a respect for principle, and not from a regard to interest or influence, would only be changed at another elec tion, if they had acted unworthily of their character and professions. Of course with the Ballot all elec tions would be tranquil, and the objection to repeating them frequently, on the score of causing public dis turbance, would cease to exist. Lord BROUGHAM'S vigilance detected last night a legislative blunder committed by the House of Com mons in passing a Bill to provide a remedy for an evil which has no existence. The Bill in question pro fesses to confer upon the Presbyterians of Ireland the privilege of making oath by holding up the hand, as is done in Scotland, instead of kissing the Gospels, ac cording to the custom of the English courts. Lord BROUGHAM protested against it as giving countenance to the mischievous doctrine that the law of oaths is different in different parts of the kingdom, whereas it is precisely the same. The law, he said, knew no difference, in the matter of oaths, between a Presbyterian in Scotland, and one in England or Ire land ; and cited instances in which, even in cases of capital crimes, Presbyterians had taken the oath in English Courts by holding up the hand. That any doubt should have arisen on a point so clear was owing to a foolish Act passed by the Irish Parliament in 1781, which, under the pretext of giving relief to Seceders (dissenters from Presbyterianism as an esta blished system, but holding its doctrines and form of Chureh Government), actually abridged their existing privileges. It generously granted them the right which they possessed before of being sworn in civil cases by holding up the hand, but excluded them from being witnesses in criminal cases, unless they took the oath in the usual way. The Noble and Learned Lord's objections were replied to, but not answered by the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, who consented, at Lord BROUGHAM'S suggestion, to leave the Bill in statu quo until Lord PLUNKETT'S arrival in London. In the House of Commons last night, Mr. WAKLEY, on presenting petitions from the Working Men's Associations of London, Leeds, Edinburgh, Dalkeith, and Cumloch, praying for a mitigation of the sentence of transportation pronounced against the Glasgow Cotton-spinners, took occasion to represent, as a breach of privilege, the omission in the Morning Chronicle of Saturday last, of all reference to a number of petitions on the same subject, presented by him on Friday, while those of an opposite tendency, presented by Mr. O ' CONNELL, were carefully enumerated. Had the Honourable Member for Finsbury stopped. here, it would only have been necessary for us to ob serve, that we are morally certain the omission com plained of was purely and entirely accidental on the part of the reporters of our 31orning Contemporary. We are persuaded, from as much experience as many Members of Parliament can boast of, that there is no body of men in the kingdom who suffer their political feelings to bias them in the discharge of their regular functions so little as the Parliamentary re porters on the London press. Whatever may be their personal opinions—and the great bulk of them being men of intelligence and ability, must be presumed to entertain strong political convictions—we have rarely known an instance in which they did not exert them selves to do ample justice to public men of all parties. Besides, we do not believe that there is a daily Journal in London—Morning or Evening—that would know ingly suffer its reporters to exercise so large a dis ci etion as that of omitting all reference to the petitions presented on any subject by any Member of the two Houses of Parliament. We are here vindicating our Contemporaries from a charge which we believe to be utterly ground less, as far as regards a predetermination on the part of the reporters n o t t o d ea l i mpart i a ll y w i t h M r. WAKLEY. For ourgelves, we are not at all impli cated in any thing that fell from the Hon. Gentleman, as The Sun of Friday night carefully reported the whole of the observations omitted in the Chronicle of Saturday. But Mr. WAKLEY did not confine himself to bringing the omission i n our M orn i ng Contemporary before the House—he characterised it as a breach of privilege, and threatened that, in the event of its re currence, he would move the Standing Order for the exclusion of strangers. Now, it must be clear to Mr. WAKLEY, that while the reporting the speeches delivered in Parliament continues to involve a breach of privilege, there can be no breach of privilege in omitting to report any thing said within sight of the SPEA KE R'S mace. To misreport, or even to report correctly, what the Hon. Member for Finsbury may say in his place in the House of Commons, may, in Parliamentary phraseo logy, be denounced as a breach of privilege, but no thing can be more illogical than to contend, in the teeth of his own threat, that profound silence can, in any case, be wrested into a breach of privilege. The threat itself was not only unnecessary, hut it was un gracious, inasmuch as our Contemporary states that no inquiry was instituted to ascertain whether or not the omission was wilful. But even were the omission wilful—which we contend was not, and never is the case under such circumstances— Mr. WA K LEY'S threat of closing the doors only aggravates the evil. The proper remedy is to authorise the reporting of the debates, and let them come before the public with the full sanction of Parliament. This would make the reporters, and the press generally, responsible to the House for the fide lity and impartiality with which its proceedings would be represented to the country—instead of, as now, as serting its privileges at the expense of its own and the public convenience. The petition presented last evening by Mr. CLAY on behalf of the family of the late Sir JOHN SOANE, we trust will not be without effect. A man in these times cannot, and ought not to be allowed, to do what he likes with his own. By the New Poor-law a father is compelled to provide for the support of his son in case of want, and has not the right to devise his property to strangers, or to leave it to be expended in carrying into effect some whimsical project, while his children and grandchildren may want the neces saries of life. Mr. CLAY stated that the family of the deceased was almost in a state of destitution, while a very considerable sum was yearly expended in keeping up the Museum in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, which hardly any person visits, and which would be much more ac cessible to the public if it were transferred to the Bri tish Museum. There was but one opinion of the Act of 1833, founded on the capricious and harsh will of the testator, and we believe every one would be glad to see it altered in such way that some provision might be made for his descendants, and the objects of art be better preserved than they can be by the existing ar rangement. A fourth Letter on the Irish Poor-law Bill, from Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, will be found in our columns of this day. We recommend it to the notice of those Members of the House of Commons who take an interest in ascertaining the views of a nume rous proportion of the people . - of Ireland upon this most important measure. It will be seen from our Parlia mentary report that the House went into Committee upon the Bill last night, when considerable progress was made, to the satisfaction of a majority of the Irish Members. The case of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, as furnished to us by our Parliamentary Agent, is a striking illustration of the enormous injustice and ex tensive mischief of the new Standing Orders. The decision of yesterday will carry conviction to millions, that the great principles of British law are unknown . to, or rejected by, the British House of Commons. Not withstanding the important matter that crowds our columns, we cannot forbear calling the attention of our readers to this subject more at length. Sixty millions of money are now we believe connected with Railways, and hundreds of thousands of individuals—acid tothese the vast increas e o f t ra d e an d commerce, which, it has THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1838, been proved, everywhere follows their formation—and it will be admitted that surely the subject is as deserving of public attention, as party squabbles in the House of Commons, or editorial special pleading out of it. A short time ago, when Railways were becoming objects of notice, Mr. POULETT THOMSON was con sidered their champion, and Sir R. PEEL went out of his way to make an elaborate address in the House of Commons on their " national and beneficial" cha racter. If the former were a friend to change, the latter was not ; and thousands of individuals, confiding in the characteristic caution of the Right Hon. Baronet, ventured to speculate largely in such " national and beneficial" undertakings. Rail ways so fostered on both sides of the House became a rage, and during the popular mania wild schemes and worthless schemers sprung up. The House perceiving this, suddenly wheeled round, and threw out every Railway Bill to which there was any plausible oppo sition. y Nay, more—it granted a Committee of In quiry into all the subscription lists to which anybody, for any cause, chose to object. • The doings of this Committee can only be compared to those of the Star Chamber at home, and the Inquisition abroad. Worthless paupers, confessedly acting from pecuniary motives, and recently connected with swindling bubbles themselves, were allowed to give evidence as to absent individuals who had no notice that their characters were to become the subjects of inquiry, and the modern Titus Oates and his men were permitted to depose that they, or one of them, had gone to inquire after Mr. A. B. or C. D., and not finding him at home, had seen a woman, whose name they did not know, in the neighbourhood, and that this nameless woman said that she had heard some one say that Mr. A. B. or C. D. had been a bankrupt, or in prison. This evi dence, though taken by the Hon. Chairman " for as much as it was worth," was nevertheless allowed to be printed--the printed copies to be distributed in all parts of the kingdom—and Mr. A. B. or C. D. found that " his life's life was lied away" by a Parliamentary common informer—a nameless woman, and hearsay evidence ! This was Act the first as to Railways. Then, upon the Reports of this Committee, came Act the second, in the shape of the New Standing Orders, on the baneful and sweeping tendency of which we hays before animadverted. It was proposed by Sir JOHN' CAMPBELL, who as a lawyer knew well the utter worthlessness of the evidence on which these Reports had been founded, that the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and such others as had already gone through the ordeal of both Houses, should be exempted from their operation ;—that those orders should not act as an ex post facto law upon them—when up started Mr. POULETT THOMSON, the champion, and up started Sir ROBERT PEEL, the eulogist, of Railways, to op pose this palpably just and equitable proposition, and the Attorney-General of England was compelled, as he well said, to give way " before such an unna tural (he might have added, irrational) alliance." This was Act the second. Yesterday gave us Act the third. A Railway Bill which had gone through Committees of both Houses, after sittings of many days, and opposition from all sorts of characters and causes—the avaricious land owner, who wished to extort an extravagant price for his land—the titled or untitled aristocrat, who feared that the Railway (which would give bread to thousands) might interfere with his hunt ing—the unemployed engineer—the unfeed lawyer —all had attacked it, and it come from the inquiry scatheless ; yet, in the then temper of the House, this would not do ; new laws must be made to which it shoud be subjected—provided certain events took place—one of which did take place—the natural though unexpected termination of Parliament by the demise of the Crown ! Messrs. GREEN, PEASE, SANDFORD, &C. (Mem bers of as high character as any in the Honse) found themselves compelled yesterday to declare that such was the meaning of Parliament ; and hence the capital cities, and four counties of Scotland, are threatened to be deprived of their railway —property to the extent of 850,0001. to be jeopardised—hundreds of indivi dnals to remain bound, who, under the faith of Parlia ment, entered into contracts which are still binding, but which that very Parliament will not permit them to fulfil ! This may be Parliamentary practice, but we have very strong doubts whether it be British law or British equity ! Adviccs from Madrid of the 3d instant have been received. Accounts had reached the capital of the fall of Morella, in Valencia, for some time besieged by the Carlist guerillas, commanded by CABRERA. After taking possession of the town, and committing numberless atrocities, the rebel chieftain moved with some heavy artillery to conduct the siege of Beni carlo. General ORAA was expected at Alcala de Chisbert on the 30th ult. The Cortes were occupied on the 3d with the pro ject of law for the levy of 40,000 fresh troops to put an end to the rebellion. Notwithstanding their long experience Spanish legislators cannot be brought to understand that, before raising more men, it would be proper to inquire where is the money to pay them to come from ? Th e G overnment has a greater army t h an it can supply with food and clothing, and we really cannot see the use of a fresh levy, unless Ministers are pre pared to prove that it would be beneficial to increase the number of the disaffected. ESPARTERO'S feat which was read to the Cortes by the at Balinaceda has been embodied in a bombastic dis patch,mster on the 2d instant. Were it not that it exhibited in so painful a light the prostrate condition of their country, the Deputies must have roared with laughter at the General-in-Chief's recapitulation of the War Mi of victory—name!y, an old bun-carriage ge and som e am -ospoils munition waggons. We hare received the whole of the Paris Journals f Saturday an d S unday, in which the only subject dwelt up on i s t h e election of M. PASSY to the Presi dency, a n d M. Gout Nt to the Secretaryship o f the Finance Committee. It may benecessary to a proper appreci a ti on o f t h e importance of these elect i ons on the part of many o f our readers, to observe that th e Chamber of D eput i es is divided into nine B ureaus , or Committees, eac h o f which elects three mem b ers t o form a gran d B u d get, or Financial Comm i ttee , or Commission, as it is now more frequently denomi nated. A s t hi s C omm i ss i on is empowere d to exam i ne and rep or t upon a ll fi nanc i al matters before t h ey are submitt e d to t h e Ch amber, it is of the utmost moment to the G overnment that its complexion should be deci dedly Ministerial. Now it so happens that M. PAssY was Finance Minister when M. THIRRB, as Premier, sanctioned the reduction of the Five per Cents.—a scheme opposed to the views of the Court—and, what is more significant, M. GoLIN, the Secretary of the Commission, submitted—i n the course of last week — a plan for reducing one half per cent. the inte rest on this very description of Stock. Thus the Ministers have sustained two dreadful shocks in one week—although, in the opinion of the Govern ment journals, the defeat in the elections for the Finance Commission is a mere trifle when compared with the more serious affair of the costume. The KING will never forgive M. TiiiElts for his speech in favour of black coats. There i s very little said about les a s t t a e o uG a t S v p e r a i n ; but enough i s h nm ent would pre f er the retention of Constantine to the pacifi cat i on of the ted Africa,to satisfy us Peninsula. The question of Colonial. Slave Emancip at i on be gins to attract general attention in Fra nce . The fol lowing is the copy of a Bill upon th e subject, brought forward by M. FAssy, the newly elected President of the Finance Commission : ~ Art. 1. From the date of the promulgation of the present law, every child henceforth born in the French colonies shall be free, whatever be the condition of its parents. Art. 2. Children born of enslaved parents shall remain entrusted to the care of their mothers, and an annual indemnity of 50 francs for every child shall be allotted to the proprietors of the mothers during the ten following years. This in demnity shall cease to be paid in case that the infant, by whose birth a right to it has been given, should die before he was ten years old. Art. 3. Every slave shall have a right to redeem himself at a rate fixed by judges appointed from home. 0 , The indemnity due to the proprietors for the children born of enslaved mothers, shall came by right to those of the mothers who would redeem their liberties. Married slaves shall not be separated in case of sale, and husbands and wives who may wish to redeem their liberty shall only pay two-thirds of the price fixed by the judges ; the other third shall be paid by the state. " Art. 4. Royal Ordinances, to ba communicated to the Chambers in the Session after their promulgation, shall fix the measures to be taken for the verification and the protection of children born of enslaved mothers, for the assessment and choice of Judges charged with regulating the conditions of redemption, for the establishment of Savings Banks, and, in fine, for all concerning the amelioration of the condition of the slave, and the execution of the present law." It is not expected that any violent opposition will be made to th e p ass i ng o f this Bill, which is as tender of the interests of slave-owners, as any mea sure of the kind could be. M. LAFITTE, the banker, has been elected Deputy by the electors of the sixth district of Paris. So much for the effect upon a lively versatile people of M. ARAGO'S canonization of the vacant seat in the Chamber. There is no other intelligence of political moment in these Journals. The defeat of the MOLE Cabi net is predicted, but, for our own part, we can discern no symptoms of the probability of such an event. FRIERS continues out of favour at the Chateau, and GuizoT has lost all commanding influence in the Chamber. Besides, THIERS cannot come in without running counter to the KING on the Spanish ques tion—and this LOUIS PHILIPPE is resolved not to tolerate. FRENCH FUNDS —Tsars, Fri. 10. Five per Cents.. 100 f. 511 c. Co. 45c. Four per Cents., 103 f. silc. Three per Cents., 79f. 55c. 61c. Abe. 50C. Bank Actions, 4,6971, 50c. 2,685 f Rente de Naples, 99f. 991. 95e. 95c. Roman Five percents., 101%%. Spanish Actives, 19%. Belgian Loan, 103ir, Belgian Bank, 1,515 f. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 17%. EICTIANGI ON LONDON. One rnenth, paper, —f. —c. ; money, 25f. 4k. Three months, paper, Zl. ; money, 25f. 3Cc. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents. 102 f. 500. Three per Cents., 79f. (30c. Bank Actions, 9,883 f. Romans, 101%. Belgian Loan, 1031. Belgian Bank, 1,515 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 17.71 Spanish Actives, 19%. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Europe New York Packet of the lath is off Liverpool. Arri , als this morning, the French and Dutch mails; also email from the Mediterranean, by the Tagus; sailed from Malta, 22d January, Corfu the 19th January, Gibraltar the 2d February, Cadiz, the 3d of February, Lisbon the 7th of February, Oporto the Bth of February, and Vigo the Bth of February. Ship letters from Rio Janeiro and Buenos Ayres, and Lisbon. By the Malta Mail we have late dates, to the 3d January. From Constantinople there has not been a single case of plague for several days; the weather was excessively severe, and the snow two feet deep. At Smyrna the health of the place was equally good. Fen. 11.—(Po s t e d a t th e N ort h an d S ou th A mer i can Co F ffe A : T e L I - I ) o u us '' e r .) The Tagus (steamer) packet entered this afternoon, from Lisbon, sailed on the sth ; when she left all was quiet. The Seagul, from Rio, is off the harbour; our boat has just come from her; eleven P.M. She left Rio 19th December. The steam packet that sailed for Bahia with troops, was obliged to put back to Rio, having burst her boilers, but sailed again a day or two before the packet left. The Seagul has brought home thirty thousand pounds in freight, and five passengers. We have received a Price Current from Rio Janeiro : The Exchange since our last, the 27th ult., for some time kept pretty steady at 27 to 271, but during this week it became rather firmer, and opened the day before yesterday at 27g. There has been since that almost nothing doing. P.S.—The Exchange is again lower. Business to some extent has been done this morning at 27i to 27i, but the latter rate is now looking rather flat. TUE FUNDS. The British and Foreign Funds aro still in a stagnant state, and there is no doubt they will continue so until we receive the American Papers and letters from the American packet Europe, of the 10th ult , which is reported to be off Liverpool. Consols opened this morning at the leaving-off prices of yesterday, gi 5i for Account and for Money. Exchequer Bills, 53 to 57. India Bonds, 55 to 57. Bank Stock, 204 to 205. India Stock, 283 to 264 In the Foreign market nothing doing as yet. Spanish Active, 181;, with Coupons. Portuguese, 271. Three per Cents., I7i to 18. Brazil, 721t0 73f. Dutch,g. We have received a Lisbon paper of the sth February, from which we copy the following : " The week which has just expired has brought us fresh disappoint ment, as to the expected conclusion of the financial arrangements said to be making between the Committee named by the Cortes for this pur pose, the Bank Secretary, and the Commercial Association, of this capi tal. We repeat again and again, the only means of restoring vital action to the financial system, is to re-establish confidence, and confidence can only spring from a conviction in the minds of all well.wishers to their country. " Her Most Faithful Majesty has positively refused to bestow any honours or distinctions, previous to the promulgation of the new Consti tution, as on that occasion it is expected that a general amnesty will be proclaimed, also a promotion in the Army, on the recommendation of the Minister." --- - liii(lES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Steak 2.04 3 per eel - 4. kted. 9 2'%%\ 3 per Cent. Cane 3!.4 per Cent..................... 100 , 4% I)itto Red. f00 % 14 New 34 per Cent 99%N y Q New 5 per Cent.— ........... ...... —. Bank long!! nnul tleato cepi re Jan. 5, I/130 15 3-16 1-16 Oct. 10, 4359 14% Jan. 5, 1360 Jan. 5, IMO — April 5, Pb.) Jan. 5, 1;•i7' , ........... ..... PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ' A , litrian Bonds ....... . — Beigian Bonds Ditto Account — Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account 731( ft9eno 6 Ayres Eon& — Ditto Account — -hillian Bonds. ........-..., — .. Ditto Account ....... ..... Columbian 80nd5.................,24%ii Ditto Account ... ...... ..., - - Calumbian Bonds, Int.- Ditto Account - I),nish R0nda........... ..... Ditto Account Greek Bonds.,, ....... Ditto Bonds. 18Z ... ... .. ... Ditto Account :v!eikwan Bonia, 5 p<-r cent — Ditto Account -..... ...... Ditto, 0 per cent. Ditto Account .... —, Neapolitan ........ ............ PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. lndia Stcsek o, tnii 4 Illitte Bonds South Sea Stock •—•-• Old. Annnitie. ... ...... New Ditto SiO4 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 — Each. Bills, £l,OOl , 55 54 inn. Ditto ...............NSi 56 54 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised. pm Bank Stock for Account 2;4 India Stock for Account Consols for Acconnt 9l N, THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Sonds ......., ........... Ditto Account — Portuguese Bones... — ' Ditto Account — Ditto New Rends 27 Ditto Account Dlto, 3 per cent.... ....... Priiisian ponds,— ...... ~ ..... Russian Bends, 1422. — Ditto Amount ........ Ditto Metallic. ....... —....- — 'Spanish Bonds... ........... Ditto Account .. Ditto Bornis,lB34 ISM'A Ditto Account ......... ....... French, 5 per cent —3 . . --e. ------ 4 per cent -f. —c. 3 per cent. ---- Exchtoive.. ...... Dutch. '.l}i per Cent Ditto Account — Ditto, 'i per: cent. l.i2 Ditto Account ; DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share ithymney Iron Mining Company United Mexican (Issued at dl. pm.) Ditto New Scrip Cheltenham and Great Western Railway Commercial Blackwall Railway Company 53 Eastern Cermties Railway a Edinburgh, Leith, and Newnaven 5 treat NN extern Railway Company 63 Brighton Railway Company London and Blackwall Railway L. radon and Birmingham Railway Company 9O London and South am pto n (New) Railway 5 !Anion and Croydon R a ilway Company ati.nehester and Birmingham Rai1way........ North Midland Railway Company 0 South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 7 Australasia Bank 4O Ditto HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. 3 , 4 34 3% 1 F 3% 4 11;04 A 164 V5ll aye Stocks at Rio Janeiro:Since our last Six per Cent. Stock rose from 89 to 891 Ou; but has after that gradually declined to 88, at which rate some sales were effected to-day, and more Stock was offered for sale at this decline, which may-be particularly attributed to the unsettled state of affairs in Bahia, and More particularly to the idea that there will be considerable issues of nyty.Steck next month by the Government. Wehave received the Second Liverpool letter, as follows :—" Several Steam Tugs have gone opt in search of the Packet. It is expected that the'Papers will be received in time for the half.past six o'clock train, to-morrow. LIVP.RPOOL, NM FEB.—According to the above information, we cannot expect the American papers until to.morrow morning, or if ex. pressed, about nine o'clock this evening, The Consol Market, which was rather heavy during the morning, within a short time has improved from 914 to 91%, buyers for the Account. To.morrow is settling day in the Foreign Market, consequently the brokers and jobbers are busy in arranging their accounts. Spanish Active ltif , with Coupons ; Portuguese, 27 ; Three Per Cents. 71 ; Brazil, 73; Dutch Two and a _Half per Cent., 53; Columbian, 2t3t ; Mexican, 2€if. . Settling day•in the Share Market; Brighton and Black well Shares improved. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols I%)r the Aocouaf, Sly. Sir JAMES GRA HAM, it is reported, is to be returned by the Tories for the borough of Pembroke, in lieu of Colonel Owen, who has vacated his seat. The new writ was moved for last night. The Right Hon. Baronet is quite convinced that Parliament cannot get on without his assistance, and he is therefore extremely anxious to be returned. Rumour says that his anxiety is not a littlo increased by the reports that the Tories mean to possess themselves again of the Ministry ; but on that ground he need be in no haste, for the spoils of office will not speedily be at their command. T HE ARMY ESTIMATES have been pres en t e d by th e order of the House of Commons, and we gather from them that the whole increase of the army in the present year is to 7 , 9 96 men and 580 horses. The number last year was 1 01,031 men, the number this year is 109,027. The addi tional men raised will, we believe, merely in crease th e com panies and battalions to their full compliment, and accordingly the increase in the number of officers is only 26, while of the non-commissioned officers there is a decrease of five. The probable expense for the effective service this year is stated at of which the India Company pays 632,948/. The a 4 4:l ,3 d 2 ient l eharge above 1837, for the effective service, is stated to be 144,9961. The numbers of the non-effective ser vice is also increased by 384, but the charge is diminished, the the increased numbers being of Chelsea pensioners, he. while the decrease is of officers, pay, and pensions. The whole of the increased charge for the effective and non-effective ser vices for the years 1838-1839 over the year 1837-1838 is 79,7161. But the increased appropriations is 31,683/., the increase amount to be provided is 48,0331. Sir J. Hall and the Directors of the Grand Collier Dock Company had an interview with the President and Vice- President of the Board of Trade yesterday, on the subject of the Company's intended Docks, and the present crowded state of the navigation of the port of London. The Governor of the Bank of England, Sir J. R. Reid, and some gentle men connected with the Bank, had an interview. A Deputa tion from the British Association also had an interview. SIR GERARD NOEL.—Happy are we to be enabled to give a rather more favourable account of the health of the venerable Baronet. For the last two or three days it has co usiderabiy impreveti ; and we trust soon to be eildbled to announce Sir Gerard's perfect restorgion.--Northampton. Herald. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) Before the Lord CHANCELLOR, the Juroes, &o. FULHAM V. WRIGHT.—WRIT OF ERROR. The arguments in this Writ of Error, from the judgment of the Exchequer Chamber, were resumed to-day, but had not concluded when we left. We stated yesterday when the arguments . were corn. menced the short facts of the case. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Vicw.CnaNcnuoit was occupied the whole morning with the arguments in the part heard case of Semple v. Semple, which were not terminated when our Reporter left. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The MASTER of the Rotts this morning took consent petitions. EVELYN V. EVELYN. The object of the petition in this case was, that for the purposes of the Tithe Commutation Act, tho 6th and 7th William IV., chap. 71, the defendant who was one of the guardians of the infant plaintiff, might, in conjunction with Mr. Bray, the receiver of the estates, be substituted for the petitioner, who was another of the guardians, and might execute all deeds, acts, &c., necessary for carrying the provisions of the Tithe Commutation Act into effect, in respect of tithes in the parish of Wotton in Surrey. Mr. Evelyn, one of the guardians, being an in cumbent of the living of Wotton, with respect to which the commutation was about to be effected, have a sort of double character vested in him, which rendered it necessary to make the application to the Court. Lord LLNGDALE—According to the Act of Parliament the two guardians would have to act. Mr. KlNnEasmtv—Yes, my Lord ; and in this case, of course, with. out the authority of the Court he could not cease to act ; but here he would be acting in a fiduciary character, and as an incumbent, and the object of the petition is to get over that difficulty. Lord LANGDALE—It's an object which ought to effected, if it can be effected ; but the real thing we have in view is, that the commutation of tithes may be valued for all time to come, so that no future incumbent may be able hereafter to demand tithes in kind. After some further observations, his Lordship said he would consider it. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) SLANDER.-SNEWING V. TEMPRELL. This was an action brought to recover damages for injury done to the plaintiff's character, by imputing to him an unnameable offence. It appeared that the defendant is a retired publican, anh the plaintiff, his tenant, occupying the house formerly kept by the defendant himself. The alleged slander was uttered at a public house in the Hackney-road, in the presence of a number of persons who were taking refreshments, after attending an inquest. The landlord, Mr. Stacey, was one of the party, and entered into conversation with the de fendant respecting the affairs of the Licensed Victuallers' Society, of which they were members. The defendant asked Stacey, did he know whom they had got upon the Board ? and added that they had Snewing, who was a Stacey communicated the conversa tion to the Board of the Licensed 'Victuallers' Society, who appointed an evening for Snewing and Temprell to appear before them, for the pur. pose of giving Temprell an opportunity of establishing the charge against one of their body, or to enable Snewing to vindicate himself. The plaintiff attended, but the defendant did not appear, and the Board advised the plaintiff to bring this action. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD addressed the Jury for the defendant in mitigation of damages, on the ground that the defendant had not originated the accusation, but it originated with a man named Ward, who had since died. The Jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a verdict far the plaintiff—Damages, 100/. EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY. REYNOLDS V. HOWARD. This was an aetion brought far the purpose of recovering damages for an arrest without probable cause. _ . Mr. EIt.LK (with whom were Mr. Wordsworth and Mr. Henderson) stated the case to the Jury. The plaintiff was a schoolmaster, who had accepted a bill of exchange for 321. Bs., drawn by a friend of his, named Lamb, who died before the bill became due. It found its way into the hands of the defendant, an attorney ; and when it became due, on the sth of Febuary, 1837, the defendant commenced proceedings upon it, it not having been paid. On the tith, Mr. Phillips, the plaintiffs attorney, waited upon the defendant in order to pay the bill and costs, but when it was presented it purported to have been drawn by Loveless, and indorsed by Lamb to the defendants; it also bore the name of plaintiff as acceptor. Mr. Phillips did not pay the bill as it was not the one instructed respecting; he saw the plaintiff, and afterwards gave notice to the defendant that the acceptance was a forgery, and that the proceedings would be at the peril of defendant. Matters re mained in this way until the 15th February, when the plaintiff was ar rested, and was not liberated until he had given a bail bond. The arrest was calculated to injure him in his business, and he wanted the verdict of a Jury, in order to set him right with the world. He had been put to considerable expense, which he hoped would be now re. turned to him. Lord ABINGEtt did not consider that even if the statement of the Learned Counsel were made out that there would be any case for the Jury. Surely a man had reasonable and probable cause for arresting a man, whose name was attached to a bill as acceptor. Unless they could induce the Jury to think differently, they could not obtain a verdict. Mr. DUE considered that the defendant having had notice that the acceptance was a forgery, it was his duty to have made inquiries as to the handwriting; he would show that such inquiries had been made, and if it turned out that the parties all said that it was not the hand.writing of the plaintiff then he would submit that he had no probable expecta tion of obtaining a verdict, and therefore ought not to have arrested ; he would further show that the defendant abandoned the action, and had paid all Lie plaintiff's costs in it. Lord ABINGER—You may go to the Jury, if you like; but I will tell them my opinion as I have told you. Mr. EaLE then called Mr. rhillipsiwho stated the circumstances as in the opening. In his cross-examination he said he had never seen the other uill, and when he saw the one in question, if ha had not known any circumstances to throw suspicion upon the bill, he would have said it was accepted by the plaintiff. The Learned Judge again said there was an end of the cause ; but Mr. Eat it said he had no discretion in the case. He would tender his witnesses, and it would be for his Lordship to take what cJurse he pleased. He then called Mr, Knowles, the father of Sheridan Knowles, and another gentleman, who said the acceptance to the bill was not in the hand.writing of the . plaintiff This was the case for the plaintiff. . . His LORDSHIP, without calling upon Mr: KELLY (who, with Mr. Bats Tow, were for the defendant), summed up to the Jury, and gave it as his opinion that the plaintiff had made out no case for a verdict. The Jury consulted for a few moments, and then returned a verdict for the defendant. QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY.) (London Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord DENg AN and a Common Jury.) CANN V. CLIPPERTON. This was an action for a trespass, assault, and false imprisonment, brought by the plaintiff, a tradesman of the City of London, against the defendant, a solicitor, for having taken him before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion House. The defence was, that the defendant was acting as the servant of the landlord, and that the plaintiff was at the tune wilfully damaging a house in Sun-street, Bishopsgate, in which a tire had taken place, and that the defendant was Authorised to take hitn into custody, under the Wilful Trespass Act. _ . Mr. l'wert appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. KaLLT and Mr CROWDER for the defendad. After evidence had been gene into, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff-la. damages. SHERIFF'S COURT-(THIS DAY.) SAVAGE V. SMITH. This was an action brought by the p!aintitf, who is an eminent Sur. goon and Lecturer on Anatomy, to recover of the. defendant, who is a gentleman of property, residing at Knightsbridge, the sum of 31. 35., for professional services and medicines supplied. The defendant pleaded that the plaintiff was not an apothecary, and could not therefore recover for medicines. On the part of the plaintiff; it was contended that he was a Licentiate of the Apothecaries' Company, and the Clerk of the Company, who had been subpanaed to prove this fact, was called on. The subpoena not being in attendance, the plaintiff being thus unable to make out his case, was nonsuited. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, Fes. 12.—Wind N., light airs and frosty.—Arrived, and pro. ceecled for the River, Mary, Nicholson, South Seas; came down from the River, and proceeded, the Prima Donna, Buchanan, for Gibraltar, POUTSMOUTII, FED. 12.—Wind N.W. to S.E., fine, very light air.— Arrived, Droskiven, Wolff, from Alazata, Harnburgh—sailed Nov. 19— on Jan. 10, off Gibraltar, spoke the Swedish brig, Carl Gustav, Weerth. from Buchare for Bordeaux ; sterling, Hunter, from Newcastle; Jessie, from Seaham. Sailed, Ocean, Pottinger, Oporto. Passed by, the Mary and Catherine, from Newcastle, for Alexandria; Sir Walter Scott, from Newcastle, for Jamaica. LIVEarooL, Fee. 12.—WindS.E , thick weather.—Arrived the Lama, Wheeler, from Laguna; Speedy, St. Michael's. Off Port, Europe, packet, Jan. 16, from New York. Sailed, Chatham, Gill, for Demerara. Cowes, FEB. 12.—Arrived the Hansa, Roper, from Laguna ; Cy bele, Bock, from. Rio Janeiro; Hirondelle, Welters, from do. MAIIG/TE, Fen. 12.—Arrived off port the Wasp, Sounds, from Lime rick ; George, Bully, from Galway ; Defiance, Wilkins, from do. Dove's, FEB. 12.—Arrived off port the Georgiana, Brown, from. Charleston. GLOUCESTER, Fyn. 12.—Arrived the Lark, Stephens, St. Alichael's. SuirrusurroN, Fan. 12.—Arri; ed off port the Chieftain, steamer, from Lisbon. FALMOUTH, Fes. 11.—Wind N.E. to N.N.E., moderate breezes, with snow.—Arrived the Seagull packet, Lieut. Par sons , f rom Ri o Janeiro, having on freight 30,0001. sterling; Tagus steamer, Symons, from Gibraltar, left Feb. 2, Cadiz the 3d, Lisbon the 7th, and Vigo the Bth; and Braganza steamer, M`Leod, !tom London. Sailed the Pendia, Clements, for St. Jago da Cuba, speaking the Lord Strathallan, 47 days from the Cape of Good Hope, on the 28th January, in lat. 31. N. long. 45. 53. W. ; and brig Diana, of Greenock, for Liverpool, out 29 days, from Bahia; on the Ist February by the Seagull packet. The Cowper, from Liverpool, put into Lisbon, leaky and part of the cargo thrown overboard. bound to New York. The Balaziel, Kean, from St. Ives, was wrecked near Venice the 2d instant; crew saved, The Helen Brooks, Lindsay, from New Orleans, put into Liverpool •err leaky, having been aground. The Charlotte, from Bremen, put into Lisbon leaky, and must dis charge, bound to New York. PLTbiOUTII, FEB. 11.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived the Ballinasloe, steamer, from Dublin; Juno, steamer, from Cork ; Shannon, steamer, from London. Sailed the Gironde, —, for Havre; her INlLjestry's ship Hercules, for Cork and Halifax. The Terpsichore innate, from Martinique, bound to Brest, was towed into Cove last night by the Air, steam tug. She is leaky, and lost sails, spar, &c. The Governor of Martinique and his lady have arrived by her. She had been some days on the coast firing guns. The Air left Cove last evening after nightfall miles south of the lighth ouse. , and fell in with her about seven GALWAY ELECTION.—(From our Dublin Cor respondent.)—This election will commence to-morrow. Mr. Lynch is upon the ground,' and will in all probability be re-elected, though, as I informed you in my last, Sir Valentine Blake will stand upon the out-and-out Radical interest. A. meeting of the trades of Galway was held last week to con sider who they should support ; and it was resolved that Mr. Lynch, as receivin g a l arge sum from Government , wou ld not be in a position t o represent their fee li ngs. M r . L ynch ' s friends are, however, sanguine of his success. Sir Valentine Blake is in France, but his son will represent his interest till his return, which will take place, it is thought, before the con test terminates. The banks in Glasgow, we learn, have agreed to reduce the rate of discount to four per cent. LONGFORD ELECTION COMMIT TEE.-(THIS DAY.) The Committee met this morning at Eleven o'Clock, when The CHAIRMAN announced that this Committee had decided to hear Mr. Sergeat SPANKIR further in the case of Michael Reynolds, which stood over from yesterday ; and that Mr. THES3IGER should be heard by way of, rejoinder. After the Counsel had concluded their arguments the room was cleared, at half-past twelve, for the Committee to deliberate. On our re-admission, the CHAIRMAN said the Committee had decided not to open the registry as affected the case of Michael Reynolds. , Mr. Sergeant SPANRIS sa id, it was arranged on Saturday that the agents should go over the names on the poll, in order that the witnesses might be dismissed. That not having been done, ho was under tho necessity of proving the books. Mr. THESSIGER said he should oppose any examination of the books with respect to the votes, into which his Learned Friend could not enter, in conformity with the decision of the Committee. The CIIAIRMAN.—That is classes 1 and 3. Mr. TFIESSIGHIL—There are other classes. The petitioners hare only eighty-seven votes left which they can assail, and our majority is 106. Mr. Sergeant SPANitu did not wish to specify any particular class, but wanted to put in the books. Mr. Crawford, Clerk of the Peace, produced the books, which he had received from the High Sheriff of the county of Longford on the 20th of August last. Mr. Henry William Arabin, the Assessor at the last Longford elec tion, deposed that the poll.books were lost, and that the checkbooks of the different parties were afterwards partially examined and compared, in order to afford the best secondary evidence that could be obtained under the circumstances. Three other witnesses were called to verify the different book , : from their having been compared with the sheriff's' and candidates' books at the close of the proceedings each day. IPSWICH ELECTION COMMITTEE• (THIS DAY.) The scrutiny recommenced this morning. At the close of yesterday's proceedings, Mr. Tuffnell and Mr. Kelly were upon an equality. _ . _ The first vote which the Liberals objected to was that of Mr. John Cobbold. They failed, however, in establishing the disqualification. They next objected to the vote of Mr. J. Child. Mr. Chambers, Mr. Sheldrake, and Mr. Fletcher, three most respectable of the inhe. bitants of Ipswich, spoke to the house having been, for some time pre• vious to the election, uninhabited. Mr. WRANCIJAM, in his address to the Committee, commented ♦ery severely on the evidence of three witnesses, particularly that of Mr. Chambers, whom the Learned Counsel went so far as to charge with intentionally misrepresenting the facts. The Committee disallowed the vote. Mr. PoLLocx observed, that when his Learned Friend came to know Mr. Chambers, if ever he should, i.e would deeply regret having imputed to him the offence of perjury. Mr. Wait NGH AM said he had made the observations referred to on the evidence of Mr. Chambers, and in the disch a rg e o f hi s professional duties. Mr. Tufthell was now in a majority of one. The Tories then objected to the vote of Mr. J. Ennew ; but the/ did not make out their case to the satisfaction of the Committee. They not being ready to go on with any other objection, The Literals objected to the vote of Mr. J. Woods. (To be concluded in our Second Edition.) ROXBURGH ELECTION COMMIT- TEE.-(THIS DAY.) The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock. The LORD ADVOCATE said, that if it would su it t h e convenienCe , of Counsel, the Committee would like to r i se somew h at earlier than u sual —say half-past three, or as near to it as the business would admit of. Mr. TIIRSSIGER and Mr. Sergeant MEREWETIIER said they would be happy to concur in any arrangement which could in any way convene' ence the Committee. They bad not the least objection to the time specified. The cross-examination of James Davidson, the witness who was be fore the Committee when they adjourned yesterday, was then resume" by Mr. Sergeant Merewether. He put a few additional questions to him, but nothing material was elicited from them. John Robson was next called, and stated that he was a voter of the county of Roxburgh ; arr i ve d in Hawick on the first day of polling, b e ' tween 9 and 10 o'clock, accompanied by his brother ; went to the To wer . Inn; as he was l eav i ng i t to go to the polling booth, Mr. Elliott follo we d them, but did not go further than the Tower Gate, as he appeared to be afraid ; witness went to the booth ; had no difficulty in approaching it; after polling he was l eav i ng t h e b ooth, when he was taken o ff his fee t by the crowd, but got int o th e T ower I nn, after some little diffi c ult'', the assistance of a friend; left the Tower Inn after the polling had closed, in company with his brother; they got out by a bai.,. way, but they again e ncountere d the mob, who were arm ed w stones, and flung them at them. Witness and his brother were 0 . horseback ; received several bl ows upon the hand and arm, the effec t/ of which he feels still. Was also struck on tha cheek and temple; pushed their way through the c row d as well as they could w i t h their horses. The mob called after th em t h at they were wel l /creed; "s 8 brother lost his hat, and re ce i ve d a severe cut on the ear; he sci. 3 i bleeding from the effects of it ; th ey procee d ed as far as D i c k so n's when a countryman came up , an d was f o ll owed by two la d s with their hats ; they asked th em f or silver for bringing their hats ; they com. meuced flinging stones again at th em ; b u t th ey pus h e d on their horses and escaped. Mr. Wm. Elliott deposed th a t h e vo t e d b e t ween t we l ve an d one o' clock on the first day of polling. Went to the Tower Inn afterwards, and left it between five and six. He was on horseback. There was no cr owd about the inn at the time, which i n d uce d him to venture out. He ` " c l met, however, by the crowd at the west end of th e T ower . Th e y got roun d his horse, and after pushing on a short way the horse c am e d o wn. W it " ness was thrown to the ground. The mob then p rocee d e d t o strike him, and struck him over his left temple. Ile received a l so seve ral blows on his arms and legs. One of his fingers w as muc h mutilate d . It remains contracted to this d a y, an d i s lik e l y to b e always so. Was carried into Mr. Mayor's shop in a state of insensibility, from the effects of the blows which he had received. Had a surgeon attending him there. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Mertemernen.—Voted about half past twelve ; had not drunk much after dinner ; took one glass, an d might have taken one more with a friend before he left ; cannot ex' actly say how much h e h ad taken, but swears he was perfectly sober when he left the inn; had a stick in his hand when he left the inn ; was not holding the stick over his head when he was riding round the inn ; the horse was wild and troublesome, and he might have perhor a raised the stick while holding the rein. Walter Seott stated that he accompanied a party of Mr. Scott's v oters to the town of Hawick about four o'clock on the morning of the first day of pollin g ; went to bed on his arrival, and about eight o'cloc k saw a party of Mr S co t t ' s voters attacked on Hittrick Bridge, amongst whomwere Mr. H ar di ng, or Graham, and Mr. Scott, of Shieldswoo4 th 6 snob were sh ou ti ng, " Hey, hey, " after them. Saw several other petal'', of Mr. Scott' s voters attacked ; saw David Tully coming ou t of Tr:river, river, wh ere b e h ad been ducked by the mob. He could com pare to nothing el se th an a weak sheep coming out of a washing x, (Laughter.) S aw a l so the attacks •n Mr. Ballantyne and Mr. 1 ; as Found the latter i n a state of Insensibility across a low wall' He sti ipped of all his c l o th es, w i th the exception of his drawers. Entreat of the mob for God's sake to spare the man's life. Interfered to get him r into Mayor' s h ouse After , but the mob en d eavoured to preven t him. ~h e he got him i n t o t h e house several of the windows were broken . baillies, or constables, did not interfere during the whole of this pro'. and the as far as w it ness saw. Remained in Hawiok all that n ight a the second day, f or h e was afraid to leave the town. Did not see any o f Mr. Scott's voters attacked on the second day . h Cross-examined.—Is not a vot er. Went io Hawick par tl y curiosity and partly on account of business. Did not see Lord Minto interfering with the mob to protect Mr. Elliott. Matthew Flews stated that he was groom to Lard Lothian—. WaY t ri t Mount Teviot the first day of polling ; got letters from Lord in the evening, which be was directed to give to Mr. Craigie, Sheriff Deputy, Baillie Goodfellow, and Lord John Scott, at the Towerto Went direct c Inn. This was about seven o'clock in the evening. the Tower Inn. There was a crowd about it. Gave the letters t 31 .0, Brown, the landlord. He brought him back Baillie saying he was not there. Was leaving the house to look for the Baillie, but but was told by the constables that it would not be safe to go. ° them offered, however, to carry it to the Baillie, and witness gate it to him. Saw Baillie Goodfellow afterwards in thn passage of the Tower Inn. A fellow was making noise ,,,,, the Inn. Heard Baillie Goodfellow speak to him, and advise the Inn, Heard Baitlie Goodfellow speak to huh, after, wit him to go home. In about three quarters of an hour after, fron t ness was attacked by the mob in the street, as he was returning Baillie Goodfellow's. They cried out " kill him, he's a Tory," and tore: Lothtiii c his clothes off him. He told them he was no Tory, but only a servan t —(Laughter.) The object of the mob appeared to be to prevent bin' getting into the inn, which, however, he effected. Saw Lord John Scott and Mr. Elliott, and got answers from them to the letter, which he put in his shoes for safety, and left the inn about twelve o'clock, an d returned to Lord Lothian. Mr. Sergeant INIERBWETrIUR said he had no question to' ask this witness. James Oliver, a voter, stated that he accompanied his uncle to Hawick on the first day of the polling; got separated from him in the crowd; saw some of Mr. Scott's voters assaulted as they were going to the poll ; polled about eleven o'clock ; attempted about five o'clock to leave the town with a communication which was entrusted to him by Mr. Scott's Committee, to snme voters in the county; as soon as he shoved himself outside the Tower Inn, he was compelled to retreat to it again fur shel ter from a shower of stones ; attempted again to leave it about sIA o'clock; was surrounded by the mob, and stones and mad were thrown , at him ; some of the crowd called out, " swear him and let him go. Witness replied that he would make no promise to them; they then cried out to have him carried to the water, which was accordinglY do ne, and he was thrown into the r i ver ; was rescued b y a cons t a ble name d Clerk William Clerk deposed that he was one of the constables on duty . 1 . 11 . the last election. Was stati one d b y Ba il l i e Goo df e ll ow on the o ud Bridge, and desired by him not t o l eave t h a t place until he had orders. Was placed there about ei g ht o ' c l oc k i n t h e morn i ng o f the first day of polling. Was afterwards rem ove d i nto t own, anti placed on duty At the _ polling booth. Saw the attack on T u lly, the particulars of detailed, but as they we re mere l y con fi rma t ory o f w hat w hich he (LEFT SPEAKING.) Just published, to be had Gratis, NEW MUSIC.—A Quantity of MUSICAL BOXES,t playing upwards of 400 Ai rs , O vertures, & c. , b e i ng for Sale, a Lis of the Music is now published ; also the prices of the Musica l Boxer. The List can be sent by p os t, as a s i ng l e letter. May be had gratis from T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, Silversmith, Watchm aker &c., 47, Cm nhill, London (Seven Doors from Gracec hurch-street). BIRTHS. In Belgrave-square, on the 10th last., the lady of John Drum mond, Esq., of a son. On the 9th inst., in Hertford-street, Mayfair, the lady of B. Robertson, Esq.. of a son. On the llth inst., in Cumberland-street, the lady of Longhorn Christie, Esq., of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Milton Abbott, Devonshire, the lady of the Rev. St. Vinc ent L. Hama:lick, of a son. At Greenwich, on the 7th inst., the lady of J. J. Dyer, Esq. , of a daughter. . At Paris, o n th e Bth in MARRIED Viscoant du Pin Delaguerivie!or Chevalier of the Order of Malta nephew of the Duke of Rept en, to Emmeli ne , e ld est d aug h ter of, C. P. Cooper, Esq. , 4 011 * of r Majesty's Counsel. At Lyme Regis, Dorset, Thomas Mallock, Esq., Lieut. R. N. an d son of R. Mallock, Esq., of Axminster, Devonshire, to Edith Pat terson, daughter of the late D. Goddard, Esq., of Lyme Rees. f On the 6th inst., at Chesham, Bucks, Richard Forman , Esq., ( i ). Heath, the Ordnance, Dover, to Alary, eldest daughter of the la te Rev. Head Muter of Lucton School, and Vicar of Wignaore, DIED. On the Bth inst., Patrick King, Esq., of Broomfield Lodge/ Etsex, aged 69. London; Printed and Published by MURDOYOUNG, of 14. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the WWI 01 Middlesex.—Tuesday, February Is, 1038.